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The creation of modern Israel
The Week via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDavid Ben Gurion, who was to become Israel's first Prime Minister, reads the Declaration of Independence May 14, 1948 at the museum in Tel Aviv, during...
Gerson: Israel celebrates 75th anniversary as welcoming state for Jews
Athens Banner-Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis is the second of my three columns pertaining to noteworthy anniversaries taking place in the...
On its 75th birthday, Israel still can't agree on what it means to be a Jewish state and a democracy
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUnder a portrait of Theodor Herzl, David Ben-Gurion on May 14, 1948, declares the establishment of a...
Doctors affiliated with Israel's top public university treated a badly wounded Hamas gunman...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 8 months agoBe'er Sheva, the home base of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. David RUBINGER Ben-Gurion...
Israel at 75: Ex-soldier, Muslim leader and others reflect on the Jewish state's legacy
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOne fought in Israel’s War of Independence. Another escaped Nazi Germany on the “Voyage of the...
Sylvan Adams says $100 million gift to Ben-Gurion University, his largest yet, marks pivot in giving
eJewish Philanthropy via Yahoo News· 6 months agoSylvan Adams, the Canadian-Israeli real estate mogul and philanthropist, donated $100 million to...
He was an American war hero. Then he decided to smuggle arms to Israel.
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWithout Al Schwimmer's aid to Israel, there would be no Israeli Air Force — and maybe no Israel....
On This Day, May 14: U.S. launches Skylab into orbit
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoAn overhead view of the Skylab Orbital Workshop in Earth orbit is pictured on February 8, 1974. The United States launched Skylab, its first manned...
Explainer-Israel-Palestinian dispute hinges on statehood, land, Jerusalem, refugees
Reuters via AOL· 8 months agoIsrael's founding father David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the modern State of Israel on May 14, 1948,...
Albert Einstein Was Once Asked To Be President of Israel?
Snopes via Yahoo News· 7 months agoGetty Images Albert Einstein has long skirted a definitive understanding of who he was beyond his...